TMroy wrote: ↑15 Aug 2022, 22:52
D4-330 is a Thunderbolt 3 device, it can't be mounted on your TNAS, you must make a mistake.
Morning Roy - yes, my mistake, sorry. I have a D4-300, which is connected to my F2-221 (via USB3c). There are no other attached drives or enclosures.
TMroy wrote: ↑16 Aug 2022, 12:09
USB 1/USB 2 is based on USB device, that means you have two USB devices plugged in. usbshare 1/usbshare 2/usbshare 3 is based on partitions, if you have more partitions on your USB devices, you will have usbshare 4, 5, 6,....
I only have one USB device attaced, the D4-300 (containing three HD). The three disks are all partitioned as single partitions, by TOS (from the F2-221). Since USB1 or 2, etc., is derived from the number of enclosures attached, I should only have USB1 (as I understand it). Is it possible that the drives have retained old information (when it was running 2 seperate USB enclosures) which is over-riding the new, single, enclosure information?
TMroy wrote: ↑13 Aug 2022, 13:04
Unfortunately, The USB drive letter and path are assigned by the system according to the mounting order of the USB device, and they cannot be fixed...
How would it be possible for TOS to insert USB numbers before 'the mounting order' is established? I will re-format the drives in the D4-300, perhaps that will help. BUT! Will the USB 'mounting order' numbers change again with the next update? If the USB numbers cannot be fixed, how can the 'mount order' be guaranteed every reboot? This is a crazy, random way to connect stuff!
Thanks for your help Roy - even though I get exaperated, your help is very much appreciated. Thank you again.
Cheers,
Chris